USAF Air Base In England Is Nuclear Capable Again: Watchdog Report
All evidence points to RAF Lakenheath being nuclear-capable again, although the long-term plans for storing weapons there are unclear.
Thomas Newdick
Posted on Feb 27, 2025
Continued construction work on protective shelters at the air base of RAF Lakenheath in England provides conclusive evidence that the United States is poised to bring nuclear bombs back to the United Kingdom after nearly two decades, according to a new report. This comes as NATO’s leading European powers increasingly consider the possibility of some kind of cooperative nuclear umbrella independent of the United States, amid fears that Washington may dial back or even end the current nuclear-sharing program, something we have recently discussed.
The evidence is presented in the report from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), which has been monitoring the topic since April 2022, when the first official evidence emerged suggesting the reactivation of the nuclear mission at Lakenheath.
It should be noted that, in recent months, Lakenheath came to wider prominence when a number of drones were spotted over and close to the base, something that TWZ was first to report after the Air Force confirmed the incident to us last November. It later emerged that similar drone incursions happened around the same time at nearby RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell.
https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-air-base-in-england-is-nuclear-capable-again-watchdog-report
